Hot Books for Middle School Boys

If you don't like to read, you haven't found the book. If you do like to read, you'll be interested in this list of books that inspired may middle school boys to read. These are a few of the books that my sixth grade boys have recommended to their classmates. Mary Blow is a 6th grade English Teacher at Lowville Academy and a 2010-2011. Scholastic Teacher Advisor. Visit Mary on her Scholastic Blog at: http://blogs.scholastic.com/classroom_solutions/mary_blow/.

Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.

Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy, an orphan taken in by relatives, one among the masses. Soon he discovers that nothing is farther from the truth. When his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed, Eragon must flee the tyrannical King Galbatrorix.

When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident.

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother has given him as a present, and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart ever since his parents' divorce.

From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven. But is there a price to pay for a prize so great?

As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patron's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacran Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect.

The Capital is harsh and cruel and keeps the other districts in line by forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight-to-the death on live TV. One boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and sixteen are selected by lottery to play.

Bass Reeves was a black man, born into slavery. And though the laws of his country enslaved him and his mother, when he became a free man he served the law, with such courage and honor that he became a legend.

Classic Greek mythology is mixed with modern adventure in this brand-new, action-packed series. Twelve-year-old Percy is always in trouble, and it doesn't help that he's started seeing monsters everywhere! Things become clearer when Percy discovers he is the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea.

"Mikaelsen tells a gory survival story that evolves into an inspiring and sophisticated coming-of-age journey. . . . Cole's journey to self-realization and truth through hardship, confrontation, and ritual will fascinate young and old . . . and have everyone waiting for the sequel." --Voice of Youth Advocates